In remembrance of my late buddy

This was the obit I posted to Twitter in March 2021.

March 12 2021

Today we said goodbye to my kitty knight. Simba Collins. He powered through 19 years and 7 months of pure love. Never a paw raised in anger. The gentlest soul you could ever hope for.

He was found wandering at about 8 weeks old in October 2001.

Though I took him to an adoption event after socializing him, we got right back in the car and he stayed with my existing cats, FatCat and Winston.

Later, after we said goodbye to them, he was joined by the lovely Cammie for a couple years. He genuinely loved every animal and person he encountered.

In 2010, he welcomed a human cat into the house and they were inseparable. He watched over her with love in his face. He tolerated every naughty toddler trick as she grew.

In 2018, at the ripe old cat age of 17, he became a world traveler. Flying with me to Korea for a layover to live with us in Philippines. The many Korean tourists that went through customs with me who were charmed by him hailed him as a wise and special cat. They weren’t wrong.

Here he lords over his new home, 40ish floors above Cebu City. A king.

Last summer he accepted a new sibling when Beanie the chi joined our house.

We will all miss his beautiful soul. Bless you, my boy. I’ll always love you